Search Results: Authors starting with V from poor mans books

Philadelphia / Cincinnati: Ziegler, McCurdy & Co. / C. F. Vent & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1867. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 318 pages; Width: 6" Height: 8.25". This is a stated sixth edition, "revised and enlarged," of this biography of the second President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bound in green cloth over beveled boards, with stamped gilt lettering to the spine. A decorative emblem with initials appears blind stamped on front and rear cover. The book shows moderate external wear, with uneven discoloration to the covers. The binding is sound. The plates may display light foxing. A small number of pages at the rear of the volume have minor spotting. The pages are otherwise clean and without markings. This work contains a frontispiece portrait of Brigham Young and plates, including additional portraits, a map and plans of the Lion House, a large residence built by Brigham Young, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in… Read More

N Y: John B Alden. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1884. Cloth. 133 pages; Crisp and clean, no markings. Corners sharp. Campaigns, etc to 1884. .

NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. Hardcover. 277 pages; Width: 6.5" Height: 9". From the dust jacket flap: A story of Indian warfare in Maine in the early part of the 18th century, and particularly of Captain Lovewell's expedition and the famous fight at Saco Pond. Review copy of this work, stamped on the half-title page with a publication date of September 24, 1936 and a price of $2.00. The vintage volume is bound in tan cloth covers with black lettering on the spine. There is light to moderate shelf wear. The binding is solid. The text block is adorned with pictorial endpapers displaying a map of the Saco River region. The frontispiece depicts a colonial boy fighting an American Indian. The pages are clean with mild age toning. This work includes numerous plates and illustrations by Wilfred Jones. This volume has its original illustrated dust jacket, with moderate edge wear/loss, and a price of $2.00 on the rear flap. .

Cambridge: Alice James Books. As New with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; Third Printing. Paperback. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Signed and dedicated on title page in red ink by author, dated 1992. ; Signed by Author .

Boston: New York Graphic Society. As New in As New dust jacket. 1971. First US Edition. Cloth. Color and b/w; 4to 11.5"; [6], 7-387 pages; First printed in 1969 in Italy. This copy in the First in USA which was printed 1971 in New York. Of color plates there are 55 with 281 black and white. Unmarked, jacket unclipped. Blue linen cloth boards. Sharp and new appearing. Domestic shipping is $2.00. Spotted spine. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395423317 . Children's; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 4to 11" - 13; 30 pages; Unpaginated. Lustro-Offset Emanuel Dull printed by Litho Company. Flatsigned by author on free colored end paper. Very clean. Faint book smell. ; Signed by Author .

NY: Liveright Publishing Corp.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 487 pages; Custom bound in full brown morocco, spine with 8 raised bands, custom slipcase (slipcase is GOOD+). Bound for the library of the noble John Lynford Viles. .

Amsterdam: P N Van Kampen & Zoon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; HET LEVEN VAN MR. JACOB VAN LENNEP, 2 vols, publisher's brown cloth, contents firm and clean. Dutch language. Plates- portraits and scenes and bldgs. Thought to be complete .

London: Tonson. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1730. Hardcover. Drama; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 303 [4] pages; Headpieces, tailpieces. Light foxing Good+. Plays are The False Friend, The Mistake, A Journey to London, The Provok'd Husband, The Relapse, The Provok'd Wife, Esop, and The Confederacy. Armorial bookplate of Babcock. 1st collected ed. 2 vols. 12mo, contemp. Calf; heavily rubbed, re-backed? , red & black morocco spine labels. Frontis. Portrait. .

Avalon Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1957. 1st; 2nd. Cloth. 223 pages; Currey 497. Red cloth, fine in near fine price clipped DJ. Provenance- Brammer Sci-Fi Collection. Slight rubbing to head and foot of spine. Tale of a Utopia set up on a beautiful and barbaric planet. Provenance- Brammer Sci-Fi Collection. .

Joliet, IL: P. F. Volland. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [1928]. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Square 12mo 7" - 7½; Brief aging to text, owner's name on fep, wear to extremities. A naughty Elephant and a hungry Tiger. .

Tolouse: Sebastian Henault,. Good with no dust jacket. 1755. Hardcover. 18th; French Language; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Regia Parnassi, Seu Palatium Musarum In Quo Synonyma, Epitheta, Periphrases, et Phrases Poeticae, ex Officina Textoris, Delectu Epithetorum, Scala Parnassi...Contemp full leather, with red spine label. Corners worn/rounded, covers slightly bowed, minor external wear. [16], 744, [6] pp. Main portion of text is followed by the first 3 leaves of the "Table de la Quantite des Terminaisons & des Cremens...," but at least 4 subsequent leaves are lacking. Preliminary leaves slightly loose, lacking free eps, old red wax spots on pastedowns. Bit of dampstaining. Occasional small inkstains (mostly marginal). .

Various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1500-1800. Paper. B&W Illustrations; Lot consists of more than 50, 8" up to up to folio sized pages from 18th, and possibly a few 17th or earlier century books. Title pages and illustrations from "Allgemeine Welthistorie" by Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten are included, as are many other splendid engravings, as well as three handwritten pages. These three leaves are watermarked with what may be I G L in a rectangular frames and have close to fifty names listed at the end. Normal bends, creases and light toning but generally VG. Adt'l images available. .

Cowperthwait & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1874. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Three vols with faults good to poor condition. Cowperthwait & Co**An Analysis of the English Language**1874++++Cowperthwait & Co**The Fifth Reader**1871++++Cowperthwait & Co**The Fourth Reader**1872++++ .

How & Parsons,. Good in Good dust jacket. 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; FLORICULTURALIST COMPRISING ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY, GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT OF FANCY AND OTHER FLOWERS 1839 [BOUND WITH] THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL FOR THE YEAR 1840 [BOUND WITH] “THE FLORIST’S AND AMATEUR’S GUIDE, ” 18411 vol. The Florist’s Journal for ... 1840 [through July 1841]. How & Parsons, [1840-41]. 8vo, contemp calf & bds; rubbed & worn, front cover detached. With 15 hand-colored litho plates (for May 1840 - July 1841). [Bound with: ] Pile, James. The Floriculturalist ... London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1839. 8vo. 4 hand-colored litho plates. Text incomplete. [Also bound with: ] “The Florist’s and Amateur’s Guide, ” caption title. [London]: Jan 2 & 16, 1841. 8vo. 2 hand-colored litho plates. 21 hand-colored plates total. Internally clean. .

Hartford: Andrus and Judd,. Good with no dust jacket. 1833. Hardcover. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Full leather lightly worn, back cover previously held by single binding thread repaired with glue. Contents good. Marbled end papers. .

Bielefeld: Belhagen & Klasing. Good with no dust jacket. 1900-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library; Color Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; Unpaginated pages; Spine replaced with heavy paper. This art journal has several full color plates as well as numerous b/w and sepia plates both full page and textural. Also various fashion plates, are within. Some plates have a library stamp such as the one shown. German language text. Contents generally very good. This is book 2. Plate facing p145 trimmed. .

Country Life. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs; 862 pages; British country life at the turn of the century. All issue pages bound in sequential order. Firmly bound in brown cloth with linen hinges and chipped morocco leather spine label. Couple of clippings of Wentworth castle pictures removed. Clean and fine contents. Unusually nice and bright. 10" x 15" , 12 pounds. . Architecture; FARMING; Sports; Hunting; Royalty; ENGLAND; B&W Illustrations; 10 x 14"; 862 pages; COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE for All INterested in Coutry Life and Country Pursuits. Featured coverage of country houses, architecture and gardening with manorial estates it's mainstay. Features many Fashion pictures [The frontispiece, which usually features a young woman from a landed British family, is very well known and is called popularly "Girls in Pearls"], along with numerous examples of period dress. Quite a few architectural photo plates of various… Read More

Various. Good with no dust jacket. 1830-1880. Hardcover. Includes Fantasia several pieces, 23 pieces in all. Aprox 150pp. Aprox 10 x 14" 6 lbs. Spine cover lacking, contents firm. .

Varous. Very Good with no dust jacket. Paperback. Color and b/w; 10 recent Mexican Girlie mags bound in 4. Two are EXTRA COMICS nos 11 and 14 with four b/w comics each including slick color covers for each, about 125pp each. One is Album Prohibo color wraps b/w comics, about 100pp. One is EXTRA COMICS No20 b/w with no wraps bound in. All have slick color printed overs. Cartoons style but quite graphic nonetheless. Circa 1960-80's .